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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Xiaoxi Wu, Encinitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Xiaoxi Wu, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/09 (2006.01); C12M 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); C12M 23/56 (2013.01); C12M 27/00 (2013.01); C12M 37/00 (2013.01); C12N 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments and aspects relate to a photobioreactor including encapsulating photobioreactor units (EPU) within which a liquid medium and a gas are encapsulated. The liquid medium comprises at least one species of phototrophic or mixotrophic organism therein. The gas comprises a high concentration of carbon dioxide. Certain methods of using the EPUs for algal biomass production use automated function units.